Instructional Media Design at Utah State University

If you plan to study instructional media design, take a look at what Utah State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USU is located in Logan, Utah and approximately 27,691 students attend the school each year. Of the 401 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University in 2,021, 1 of them were instructional media design majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Instructional Media Design section at the bottom of this page.

USU Instructional Media Design Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Instructional Media
• Master’s Degree in Instructional Media
• Doctorate Degree in Instructional Media

Online Classes Are Available at USU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USU offers distance education options for instructional media at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

USU Instructional Media Design Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks instructional media programs across the country. The following shows how USU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The instructional media major at USU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Instructional Media Design. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Online Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
	8
Most Popular Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular Online Instructional Media Design Schools	64
Best Instructional Media Design Schools	85
Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools	111
Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools	151

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in instructional media from USU. This makes it the #18 most popular school for instructional media master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in instructional media, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Instructional Media Student Demographics at USU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the instructional media majors at Utah State University.

USU Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 instructional media major earned their bachelor's degree from USU.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's in instructional media.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USU Instructional Media Design Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a master's degree in instructional media from USU. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in instructional media each year. USU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a instructional media master's degree from USU, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah State University with a master's in instructional media.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	49
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

USU also has a doctoral program available in instructional media. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Instructional Media Design

If you plan to be a instructional media major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Utah State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational/Instructional Technology	63

Related Majors

• General Education
• Teaching English or French
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Instructional Media Grads May Go Into

A degree in instructional media can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Utah State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Instructional Coordinators	3,210	$57,530
Multimedia Collections Specialists	460	$38,250

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cory Maylett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.